MIT (2025-2026)

[slow river]

lmao

[dry star]

@strange rampart

[dusky sleet]

omg no

i’ll be in asia…is it worth waking up at 3:59am lmao

[fickle mountain]

pi day yippee

[wet light]

Nope

1:59

[fickle mountain]

yeah idk why I thought it was also pintime that was a mistake

[dry star]

Yes?

[cinder lagoon]

1:59 not tau

damn

[gray echo]

I feel like such a big nerd for guessing it lol

[thorny sierra]

Oh Bojack no. There is no other side. This is it

[gray echo]

Good luck everyone!!

Just a week and some change away

[dry star]

Nerds are cool

[celest verge]

I was wrong
You're right they are releasing it at 1:59

[dim vapor]

damn 7:59 PM for me

[strange rampart]

MIT RD Decision Date

<t:1773511140:F> in your local time zone
@everyone

https://mitadmissions.org/blogs/entry/pi-day-2026-food-institute/

[cinder lagoon]

godspeed

[river verge]

159 is interesting

[strange rampart]

I should attach the blog Petey linked

[cinder lagoon]

i expectd 6:28 knowing them

[keen summit]

count out the date and time

and then add the year to the end

[cinder lagoon]

oh

3.141592026

[keen summit]

two digit year

[cinder lagoon]

26

yeah i was confused there

[halcyon plume]

3.1592614

[flat willow]

ohhhhhhhj

[halcyon plume]

totally not ragebait

[flat willow]

well i will be elated to open my rejection letter on a saturday

[old sierra]

Same

[halcyon plume]

i really wanna go to mit but i sorta started thinking of my backup plan as my main plan so that i would be less disappointed if i dont make it

[solemn orbit]

hopefully

[limpid heath]

Why is it at 1:59

Nvm

I’m slow this is why i’m not at mit

They should do it 3/14 1:59:26.536 exactly

[lament kestrel]

.

Guys look at this beautiful pecan pie which I have absolutely zero relation to and am definitely promoting only for the reason of it looking nice with no ulterior motive!!

Also hope people get in!! Best of luck to those who applied

[ember pilot]

he is not at liberty to disclose

but i’d think they’ll try to be exact this year because it’s now 3.14159 and not π2π

[slow river]

8 days left

[strange rampart]

The more digits of pi you learn the faster you can access your decision

[strange rampart]

You should bake a pie for this thread

If anyone bakes a pie for this thread I will give you event participant role

[hollow stirrup]

gosh dammit i wish i was applying rn

free pie :(

[cinder lagoon]

this pie look sso funny

the beaver is so cute

[livid tiger]

amen godspeed to you all

[lament kestrel]

Thread pie logically is very thin/small. This thread pie was made with a sugar and cinnamon filling. I used store-bought pie crust for this one.

[strange rampart]

Why is it so zoomed in

I don’t believe you baked that just now

[lament kestrel]

I did not but when I get back I may make something weird

[lament kestrel]

What flavor of mini pie should I make?

[old sierra]

You should make a pot pie

[lament kestrel]

I dont have stainless steel shavings to make a pot flavored pie

[old sierra]

tragic

[flat willow]

does it have to be baked

[strange rampart]

What is your proposition

Store bought does not count if that’s your idea

[flat willow]

what if i go to a bakery :D (i can’t bake) (don’t even know how to make pie) (i probably might not even have a proper pie plate thingie just cuz we don’t bake!!)

[strange rampart]

Ok I will offer you a compromise bc while I see where you’re coming from I feel buying a pie and calling it a day is slightly unfair to those who bake

Can you at least decorate said pie or do smth creative around it

[flat willow]

yes

[strange rampart]

If you cannot directly decorate the pie I will allow external decorations like artwork

[flat willow]

hmmm

do people put frosting

or wait like

[strange rampart]

Err no clue

[flat willow]

i’ll brainstorm :D

[covert ridge]

Baker dorm #sucks

Worse dining hall ever

[lament kestrel]

why are you going to baker for dining 😭

[light sleet]

mit more like tim 😂

😂

😂

[river verge]

TIM 🗣️

[light sleet]

im committed to tim '30

[gray echo]

do we have to bake our own crust or can we use one from the store

if we bake the rest of it

I’m down

[strange rampart]

i think you can buy a crust yes

[spring lintel]

i cant wait to get my rejection on the 14th 🙏

[wet light]

Same

[sleek jolt]

if you ingest enough iron to turn your teeth orange they'll let you in

little known fact

[wet light]

What a random ahh request

[spring lintel]

already placed my order of 300 tons of spinach 🔥

[wet light]

Based discord flair though hollow knight peak

[sleek jolt]

ts is not random ahh bro

🦫

[flat willow]

wait i probbaly might get rejected

i forgot to fill out the grades report form since my midyear came out later than usual so uhhh 😪

i think my school should’ve sent it to every school but idk it doesn’t matter anymore 💔

oh well

[fickle mountain]

Lowkey I filled out my FUN form pre-emptively based on how my grades stood at the current moment at the due date

safe to say I’m gonna have to explain why one of my Cs went to a D

if they receive my final

but considering I’m even saying that I’m getting rejected fr

[sleek jolt]

twin u gonna have to explain why u had a c in the first place 😭

[fickle mountain]

that was in a class where the professor lowkey hated me (intro to fiction, English course)

but like I can’t just say that

that sounds pouty and blame shifting

[gray echo]

yes, don’t do that

[fickle mountain]

I had simply put the discrepancy shouldn’t take importance over the rest of my already strong academic record and hopefully that works

Because I’ve had consistent As and a slight trend in high Bs

mostly as I’ve taken more rigorous coursework

[wet light]

Nah ur fine lmfao if u get rejected it’s not cause of that 92

That’s still an A

Bro it’s okay 😭 😭

99 average is genuinely insane idk how you people do that

[covert ridge]

Uhhh cuz they have a dining hall

Their grill is amazing

But the buffet food…

Nasty

[stuck jolt]

same for me europe or?

[jade ruin]

Can anyone help me with EC's, international, want to major in CS+MAth. (Except olympiads,summer programmes etc.)

[strange rampart]

the pinned message shows in your time zone

[celest verge]

Make a ChatGPT wrapper start up

[stuck jolt]

oh no ya ik it does, i was just asking if the person was from europe or elsewhere cause we have same time, but could be diffreent places

tnx tho

[halcyon plume]

i wonder if there are any more upcoming dates that will get MIT to change their release schedule

[slow river]

One week left!

[stuck jolt]

i have accepted my fate ngl

[gray echo]

i hope you get in twin

[gray echo]

me too kind of, but tbh I’ve accepted that I was as “myself” as I could be in my app, and if it doesn’t work out it’s simply a matter of some factor I couldn’t see from the applicant side of things that didn’t align, and that’s OK!

It all ends up being a lot less personal than it feels, we will end up where we’re best suited

[slow river]

you too

[livid tiger]

Hope all of yall get in

I hope we all get in

[cobalt galleon]

when I dont get in ill take it as a sign that I wasnt meant to be there and wouldnt have fit in ✌️ ✌️ ✌️ ✌️ ✌️ ✌️

[celest verge]

Take it as a sign to start a ChatGPT wrapper startup

[slow river]

6 days left!

[gray echo]

Yes! Honestly given how much MIT prioritizes mission and cultural fit I trust their judgment on whether or not I’d be happy there

If we’re meant to be there it’ll work out, and if not, we’ll build our own success wherever else we go!

I’m determined to accomplish my dreams, MIT or not hehe

[split compass]

That's a good attitude to have in general, especially going into decisions. I know I'll still be disappointed if I get rejected... but it'll be okay

[sleek jolt]

which one is caltech and which one is mit

[old sierra]

oh

[summer thorn]

Look at the symbols

[sleek jolt]

oh i'm blind

[flat willow]

LMFAO

university fan art im crine

[strange rampart]

It was posted on the admissions blog

[nimble grove]

Rivals to Lovers?!

[sleek jolt]

heated rivalry: scioly edition

[nimble grove]

all the things she said plays at the FRC competition instead of a club 😭😭😭

[sleek jolt]

LMFAO

instead of going to the cabin they go to his parents' basement 😳 😳 😳

[nimble grove]

oh NAH 😭😭

[flat willow]

uhh 😭 oops

[night coral]

i can already picture

me on pi day

opening the portal during scioly regionals

and getting hit with the "we regret to inform you"

😔

[barren oasis]

dont stress

[night coral]

im not

[nimble grove]

The week after I open my mit decisions it’ll be spring break for me

Therefore

My classmates are never seeing me again

[stuck sail]

Ayyyyyy scioly kid!

[proper zinc]

shouldn't this be MIT (2026-2027)

[barren oasis]

no

[gray echo]

I’ll be opening mine at the rodeo

so at least if it doesn’t go well I can go look at cute animals and ride rides

[livid tiger]

I’m opening mine while hosting an event for a club lmao

Gotta leave to go somewhere private

[flat willow]

i will open it at home with pie 🤩 at least i will have more important things to celebrate

[gray echo]

I’ll be trying to get pie too haha but I just lost my wisdom teeth so I hope I can eat it by saturday 🤞

[flat willow]

omgg i hope ur doing ok!!

[gray echo]

Thank you!! I am! All 4 but so far pain is only a 3/10 and I’m not terribly swollen :) just resting now except also submitting a research proposal on saturday lol

Glad I’m on spring break

[flat willow]

omg that’s so early

[flat willow]

ohh okay that’s better to hear ✌︎('ω')✌︎

[slow river]

5 days left!

[gray echo]

it definitely is

[gray echo]

i love your countdown thank you

[gilded nacelle]

I realized that i never submitted my IDOC for MIT - If I am not applying for Finaid, do i need to worry? i had origianlyl submitted a CSS, but realized i would not be applying for finaid

[harsh sleet]

Bruuuuh my regionals are on the 14th too

I'm gonna be sitting in like a remote sensing testing room or something knowing my decision is up and tweaking the freak out

And remote sensing makes me tweak out enough to begin with 💔

[halcyon scroll]

bro the whole room is gna be checking that

id lowk kms

lowk if poeple checked decisions during an event

[river verge]

SCIOLY MENTIONED 🗣️ good luck w remote sensing

[harsh sleet]

Lowkey I'm planning on not opening my decision till like scioly is over and I'm home but idk if I'll actually make it

[harsh sleet]

THANK U

Cause I'm a captain and I lowk gotta lock in and make sure we don't fail to qualify for states or smth

[river verge]

ong i was captain last year too

i have no clue how we made it to states ngl 💀

[harsh sleet]

Our regional is pretty light so we make it to states p much every year

But the coach says if we ever fail to qualify he's just disbanding the entire team forever that year 😭😭

[strange rampart]

We go by application cycle

Not entry year

So kids who apply to MIT during the 2025-2026 school year are here

Its also easier to understand for those who are interested in schools but not applying this year

[night coral]

chat lock in for remsen

🙏

remsen first mit second

[harsh sleet]

Truth

[barren oasis]

https://tenor.com/view/dillon-brooks-flop-basketball-utah-oregon-gif-24696986

[livid tiger]

Must be nice to have late regionals lol

Mine was in Jan

My states is at the end of this month

What events do you yall do

[harsh sleet]

That's crazy early

The bulk of our invites happen in january/february

I do remote sensing, dynami, and ento

[livid tiger]

Yeah it’s also the same week as MIT invitational so we’ve had to miss it 2 years straight even tho I’m pretty sure we got invited

Which is unfortunate

[livid tiger]

Oh nice

Big test guy

[night coral]

imagine being good enough to go to mit invy 😭

[livid tiger]

Big ups I could never

[night coral]

my school would prolly get dead last 😭

or at best bottom 25%

[livid tiger]

We really aren’t I think it’s just a legacy thing

Like we’ve been going for a while

[night coral]

ic

[livid tiger]

Not sure how it works exactly

[livid tiger]

This is us

[night coral]

thing is like

idt anyone at my school would be willing to fly diametrically across the country

to go to an invitational

to get bottom 25%

[livid tiger]

The 2 times I went to that invitational was some of the most fun I’ve ever had at sci oly

[night coral]

i dont doubt it

[livid tiger]

Yeah fair

[night coral]

MIT invy sounds really fun

[livid tiger]

We are from nyc so we can just drive

[night coral]

ah

bro you know troy hs 😭

[livid tiger]

The one in cali?

[night coral]

every single invy we went to this year we had to compete against troy

[livid tiger]

Ofc how could I not

[night coral]

we're really close to them

we literally cant escape them

[livid tiger]

Yeah Troy are insane

[night coral]

so top 6 medal is actually just top 4 medal

[livid tiger]

California and Texas are both insanely competitive

[harsh sleet]

We do the mit tests as practice sometimes and the invite seems diabolical icl they don't mess around

[night coral]

ok but pokemon pset is PEAK

[livid tiger]

Ny is maybe 3rd or 4th? Probably not

[night coral]

interesting

i wouldve expected it to be like washington or nj or something

[livid tiger]

The mit fermi tests are some of my favorite tests ever written

[livid tiger]

Maybe it is I don’t have data to back it up

But our states is pretty damn tough

And lots of regions

[night coral]

mm

meanwhile cali:

[livid tiger]

Cali is a whole nother level

[night coral]

socal slot defaults to troy and norcal slot defaults to mountain view/monta vista

[harsh sleet]

Dude I'm from Ohio and we have cracked schools for absolutely no reason

[night coral]

😔

[livid tiger]

Some of the Cali regionals are more competitive than the average states

[harsh sleet]

Ohio has never been relevant ever except for in scioly

[livid tiger]

Yes I’ve heard Ohio is rly crazy

[night coral]

????????

what dey doin over der in ohio

[harsh sleet]

Couldn't tell you 😓

But we have teams flying in from across the country coming to our invites just to get to practice against Solon bro

[livid tiger]

Wow

Hui what events do you do

[harsh sleet]

Remote dynami ento

I'm the test guy

[livid tiger]

Oh right you already responded lmao

I thought that was c9

Sorry I’m tired

[harsh sleet]

That ok

What events do you do

Builds I'm assuming

[livid tiger]

Ev robot tour hovercraft machines

All the electronic builds and the physics event lol

[harsh sleet]

Danngg that's a stacked lineup

[livid tiger]

They are all great events but hover is def my least favorite

Very finicky difficult event

[harsh sleet]

Our hovercraft is so chopped

We call it the chovercraft

[livid tiger]

Tbh events involving air are normally pretty hard

Air traj hovercraft all the flight ones

I’m only doing hovercraft cuz I’m one of like 2 people on my team who knows how to both do electronics and cad lmao

[night coral]

guh

builds

[night coral]

real

[livid tiger]

Mine somehow works without a skirt right now

[night coral]

i dont do it but i have heard the stories

[livid tiger]

Like not even a rigid skirt

Probably because I got a lift fan with 2000pa of static pressure lmao

[night coral]

holy hell

[harsh sleet]

Our hovercraft guys have rebuilt their thing genuinely at least 3 times this season and it's worked properly at a big fat 0 invites

Chudvercraft

[livid tiger]

Haha

[harsh sleet]

Our air trajectory at least worked really well 1/2 of the time

Builds are not our team's greatest strength

[night coral]

builds are our team's only chance of medaling 💀

nobody else on our team spends significant time on scioly

[livid tiger]

Half our test people are super locked and the other half refuse to spend time lmao

[night coral]

lmao

[livid tiger]

And me and the other captains spend a lot of time trying to convince the latter to be like the former

To varying degrees of effort

But we did alright at regionals and people are generally on good track for states

So I’m happy

[harsh sleet]

That's good

Getting kids to actually work is like the hardest part of being captain

[livid tiger]

Oh 1000%

That and logistics

[harsh sleet]

Yuh

[livid tiger]

It’s fun tho

Wherever I land up def gonna try and get involved with running their invitational if they have one

ESing ev or other events would be super fun

[harsh sleet]

With luck twin WE will be event supervisors at MIT's invite soon

[livid tiger]

Indeed my friend

Alright I should prob go to sleep but gl to you in everything hopefully see you at the MIT sci oly planning meeting next year 🤞

[harsh sleet]

Yes same right back at you

[slow river]

4 days left!

[hollow stirrup]

dammit i wish my reading comprehension was good enough to notice this on time. My family made a pie a couple days ago and it was fire

[gray echo]

Wait I just realized I can’t eat any of the pie I’m baking

because I just got my wisdom teeth out

THIS IS SO SAD

aw :(

[sleek jolt]

liquefy it and feed it to yourself through an IV drip

[gray echo]

I like that idea

[slow river]

3 days left!

[gray echo]

where will you be when it comes out?

[covert ridge]

i cant wait for yall!!!! GOOD LUCKKKKKK

[slow river]

I’m gonna be volunteering at a fundraiser for stuco

[pulsar peak]

I’ll be resting at home after the first day of a tennis tournament

[livid tiger]

I’m gonna be running a community service event at my school

[celest verge]

Home larping and playing video games

[stable kestrel]

+1 lol

[livid tiger]

W haha

What games you playing recently

[dull tiger]

your insulin though

[gray echo]

hahaha it’ll work out

updates - made the pie crust dough & filling, chilling everything now for 2 days :)

opted for cherry pie

[gentle comet]

Nah I had a C and didnt have to explain

[celest verge]

Some JJS on Roblox here and there but mainly CS2 FACEIT lol

[barren oasis]

I just realized if you read MIT backward it’s called TIM

[night coral]

yeah

thats the mit co 30 tag this year

[wet light]

What was ur UW?

[livid tiger]

fun

[celest verge]

Yeah
I have Arc Raiders too but haven't played it as much
Wbu

[livid tiger]

Haven’t played video games in like 4 years lmao

Js watch tv with the fam and make music to chill

[slow river]

Only 2 days left!

[gray echo]

your countdown is getting earlier and earlier in the day haha

[celest verge]

ahh cool cool

[upper shell]

yall how we feeling

my prediction is flat reject and i won’t even be mad about it

[tame coral]

my prediction is also flat reject and i also won’t be mad about it

[livid tiger]

Mine is flat reject and I will probably be a little mad about it if that happens

lol

[slate steeple]

Mine is flat reject, but my gut tells me to keep hoping for some reason.

[livid tiger]

Bro is literally me

[tame coral]

Important note: Don't worry—your application status page is working! As we approach the decision release date, we’ve turned off the checklist feature.

[slate steeple]

It’s ok bro, WE willing be getting rejected

There’s no escape

[gray echo]

predicting reject but will be bummed about it haha

[livid tiger]

🙁

[gray echo]

it must be hard to be an admissions officer

[livid tiger]

Don’t say that don’t say that

We are getting in

All of us

[gray echo]

but also at this scale of competition I totally get why personal qualities/fit become the deciding factor

[slate steeple]

We are all getting into ivy+

[livid tiger]

Nah we are all getting into mit have faith

[gray echo]

someone gets in

[slate steeple]

Someone has to right

[gray echo]

yes!

[slate steeple]

Like cmon

At least 5 from this chat alone

[gray echo]

that would be pretty cool

i hope i get in so i can go apply to be a blogger

im dying to write on the MIT blogs

[livid tiger]

If you get in you should start an overpriced essay review company lol

[gray echo]

NOOO haha

Wait didn’t some kid just get in huge trouble for that

this year

[slate steeple]

I’m working on Riemann hypothesis day 1 I get in

[livid tiger]

Specifically at mit or just in general

[gray echo]

I swear I read an article - he made like $20k

[livid tiger]

What are you gonna do after you solve it in 2 days?

[gray echo]

but that’s because he was ghost writing essays

[slate steeple]

Get my million bucks, fields medal, become professor.

[livid tiger]

Good plan good plan

[gray echo]

you still have 2 days before decisions twin

tick tock

[slate steeple]

And then they outlandish stuff like “I knew how to solve it when I was 5 years old”

Like I think at some point, you can get away with saying anything that they can’t verify easily

[slate steeple]

Need post admission clarity

[livid tiger]

Worlds craziest application update

[slate steeple]

Our roommate will be building a particle accelerator under their bed

[gray echo]

I don’t like that a part of me is so hopeful about this haha

[slate steeple]

Us

[gray echo]

Like they’re probably saying no but I already know where I’d want to live on campus

[livid tiger]

Should be glad it’s not a nuclear reactor otherwise he would get rejected

[livid tiger]

Yup

Feel the same

[gray echo]

it’ll be ok

[quasi loom]

expect the worst hope for the best

[slate steeple]

https://tenor.com/view/hl2-hl3-half-life-3-hopium-hope-gif-7246120153840726923

[halcyon plume]

the only thing i got is faith honestly 😭
i think my application is nice but the competition is insane so statistics just gives me a reality check 🥀

[livid tiger]

Yeah but tons of people get accepted who aren’t uso winners or cured cancer or whatever

[slate steeple]

Bet they aren’t international tho lol

[stable kestrel]

flat reject and I go to sleep peacefully knowing it's over

[storm onyx]

And they ain’t gonna be me 😭

[gray echo]

true

I’m definitely not that, if it works it’s it’s because they thought I was fun 🔥

[gray echo]

it’s not over until it’s over

[storm onyx]

I guess

[quasi loom]

waitlisted might be the worst outcome

[storm onyx]

So close yet so far

[quasi loom]

because the waitlist acceptance rate is <1%

[storm onyx]

I heard colleges are admitting less and waitlisting more tho now

To help better control their yield

[gray echo]

this is what i’m really scared of

I’d rather get a no

And I’m interpreting a waitlist as a no

[storm onyx]

Yeahhh

[gray echo]

I have a close friend who got waitlisted last year from MIT and harvard and was robbed everywhere else 😔

She got a crazy full tuition + guaranteed med program offer though so she’s fine now

but yeah

[gray echo]

that’s interesting

[quasi loom]

mit's yield is so high that I think they are exempt from this

[storm onyx]

Maybe

[gray echo]

That’s what I thought too

[storm onyx]

I know Caltech is def going for the waitlist strat cause their yield is lowk cheeks

[gray echo]

Did you guys apply?

[quasi loom]

no

[midnight pasture]

out of curiosity for intl admits is it p much just olympiad winners?

[quasi loom]

or they having some other international award becuase there is only 100ish spots

[gray echo]

me neither

[gray echo]

I don’t think it’s required but you could make the argument that when the competition is that fierce it’s hard to stand out without one

an international award I mean

[quasi loom]

no one truely knows what the standard is anymore

[gray echo]

yup, and that’s ok

[covert ridge]

2 DAYSSS

[halcyon plume]

yep 🫠

[celest verge]

Intl like actually intl right?

[halcyon plume]

if i somehow make it without an olympiad id be very surprised

[halcyon plume]

yeah

[celest verge]

Gotcha okay

[halcyon plume]

wdym tho

what is the other less-intl-y intl option

[celest verge]

You guys go through like a scholarship program first or do u like independently apply?

[celest verge]

Special case US citizens

[halcyon plume]

well there is a private scholarship program here in my country but it doesnt have the major i wanna study

and it only applies to MIT, UPenn, UChicago, Harvard, and 2 others i dont remember

so i just applied independently

mit is need blind anyways

[covert ridge]

nah they're just blind in general

too many glasses here

[halcyon plume]

can confirm im wearing glasses .

(so i must go to mit???)

[covert ridge]

https://tenor.com/view/люблю-gif-7113310251179041794

perhaps

[celest verge]

Ahh gotcha

[halcyon plume]

i need to get a new prescription i cant even see the board with glasses rn lmao

[celest verge]

They cap international apps tho right?
Am I wrong?

So it's a brutal competition dang

[inland seal]

What percentage of people who get in get interviews?

[celest verge]

MIT?

[halcyon plume]

yeah

[covert ridge]

not sure

[halcyon plume]

i think they only admit about 130 intls per year or smth like that

[covert ridge]

but everyone i know here got an interview

[inland seal]

I didn't get an interview, so Iw as concerned

[livid tiger]

Matters much more internationally yes

[inland seal]

Hmm

[covert ridge]

not saying hteres a correlation

but just throwing that out there

[celest verge]

https://mitadmissions.org/blogs/entry/lies_damned_lies_and_statistic/

Try reading that

[halcyon plume]

i didnt get one either

[inland seal]

yeah, but everyone I know who's gotten in so far, has gotten an interview lol

[halcyon plume]

but i think its because there arent that many mit alumni here

[covert ridge]

"2. Applicants who interviewed (or had their interview waived) had a 19% admission rate; those who didn’t interview had a 7% admission rate. (I don’t have a citation for this, which is sketchy, so feel free not to believe me. But although I can’t remember where I found the numbers, this is close enough to the truth for the purposes of this entry.)"

[inland seal]

yeah

[covert ridge]

i mean

there's a chance

[celest verge]

12% decrease tho

[celest verge]

Yah that part

[halcyon plume]

17% 😭

[covert ridge]

https://tenor.com/view/rolls-mudae-gambling-hakari-gamble-gif-8639667775003727936

[covert ridge]

better than 0

amirite

[halcyon plume]

🥲

[covert ridge]

omg new jjk ep

gotta watch it

[halcyon plume]

im delaying jjk till after high school so i dont cook my grades any further

[inland seal]

this is from 2005 😭

yeah itis what it is

[covert ridge]

damn

i watched the entirety of MHA during Apush

my junior year

lowk memories

[celest verge]

Yeah it shouldn't be like something you take too far
Just a general idea

[halcyon plume]

oh junior year was easy

[dry star]

It doesnt get better in college bro

[halcyon plume]

really its only senior year

[dry star]

Chud while u still can

[covert ridge]

yeah it really doesnt 💀

i chudmaxx here

its a defense mach

[celest verge]

Also this is interesting

Outliers do get admitted
You all have hope just don't cling to MIT too much 💯✌️☠️

[dry star]

I feel like everyone in mit is a chud

[covert ridge]

uh not everyone

there's students actually doing smthn with their lives

[dry star]

Idk everytime ive talked to an mit student theyre procrastinating the shit out of everything

[covert ridge]

outliers bc of the holistic system

[celest verge]

Yeah bc they're at MIT

[covert ridge]

sm people just got life a lot tougher

[celest verge]

Fr

[covert ridge]

oh obv

[halcyon plume]

yeah but the thing is i was supposed to be studying as early as august or smth for this year (exams start in june) but then i started college applications and forgot anything i studied beforehand so i kinda started this february 💀

[covert ridge]

there's a certain thrill and rush

[celest verge]

I mean if ur at MIT, all you gotta do is graduate lmaoo

[halcyon plume]

ill chud in college lol

[covert ridge]

C get degwees :3

[halcyon plume]

i work better under stress anyways lmao

[dry star]

Dont study just say bismillah

[halcyon plume]

amen

dont expose my ways bro

[celest verge]

If it's multiple choice just say bismillah and pick the choice it recently landed on

Trust me I totally did this for my SAT fr 100% you can mark my word

[halcyon plume]

im lucky my tests are all MCQ

[dry star]

The only multiple choice exam ive ever taken that was meaningful was the SAT

[halcyon plume]

(except senior year, of course)

i can manage to get good grades on MCQ tests without studying lol

[dry star]

None of my exams are multiple choice all of them are essays

[inland seal]

do any of yall have senioritis

[covert ridge]

always bet on HAKARI 🔥

[livid tiger]

Yes

[dry star]

Except math and spc which are demos

[covert ridge]

https://tenor.com/view/hakari-dance-hakari-kinji-hakari-jjk-hakari-jjk-dance-gif-5087158465488164326

[dry star]

I have 0 motivation to get work done but I still get it done and lwk havd better grades this term than the last

Its weird

[inland seal]

damn thats crazy

i've been slacking off

[halcyon plume]

it feels like so? i wont really know till i see how much ive progressed by june

[celest verge]

This dude's whole schnick is gambling
Like how th is ur domain js gambling bro, this dude coulda died lmao

[halcyon plume]

because ive always been procrastinating anyways but it always felt managable enough

[celest verge]

Still the goat tho

[halcyon plume]

this year it doesnt feel so 💀

[covert ridge]

*rigged gambling

modern sorcery is too terrifying! 🤓

[celest verge]

Ofc it's rigged
It'd be funny if it was just normal though

Like dude dies mid gamble lmfaoo

In his OWN domain

[covert ridge]

https://tenor.com/view/cat-cat-math-math-cat-numbers-cat-funny-gif-13385485103134761656

[celest verge]

Nah but nobody more goated than kusakabe
Mf is grade ONE without any CT
Dude js has a sword, binding vow, simple domain and a death wish

|| AND HE STILL DOESNT DIE ||

[split compass]

How does one prepare for heartbreak?

Probably bake a pie

And then eat pie in celebration or throw a pity party

[gray echo]

what kind of heartbreak

[gray echo]

yes do this

[strange rampart]

This is every college student in the verified channels

They will post celebratory screenshots of their 11:58:56pm homework submissions

[split compass]

MIT breaking my heart

[gray echo]

aw

yes bake pie

it’s ok twin we will prevail even if they say no

[split compass]

Then everyone wins because there is pie and pi!

[gray echo]

do you guys know the nsli-y program?

Im waiting on results from that and trying to focus on it instead of mit lol

[split compass]

Yeah, I applied sophomore year

When do results come out this year? And where do you hope to go?

[gray echo]

oh wow, did you get it?

[gray echo]

Finalist for russian summer is maaaybe this tuesday but we’re guessing at this point lol

Im hoping for latvia

[split compass]

Not then, and I haven't tried again. I also applied for Russian

[gray echo]

Russian is so cool

[split compass]

Looking back tho I really bombed my interview and my essays were rather generic (I got semifinalist tho)

[gray echo]

I wish I would’ve learned about this kind of opportunity much earlier in HS haha

this is my first and last year applying

[split compass]

They prioritize seniors I think. You got this!

[gray echo]

I thought my essays were fun but my semifinalist timed responses (which replaced the interview this year) were…okay

[gray echo]

thank you!!!!

[split compass]

Oh interesting. Like timed essay responses?

[gray echo]

Yes - 15 mins for 2 questions with like a 200 word limit on each

AND a spoken response

like 15 mins to plan out & record a 5-minute audio response

[split compass]

Interesting, I wonder why they opted to do that

[gray echo]

me too

maybe budget

[split compass]

I mean, I doubt the alumni got payed to interview?

[gray echo]

True

then Im not sure

[drowsy raft]

Guys omg

I went to Latvia for the summer program 😭

What are the odds

[split compass]

Woah so cool :]]

[drowsy raft]

I hope you get in

[quasi loom]

I did mandarin summer last year

[gray echo]

NIIICE

wait why is there such a huge nsli-y —> mit overlap

wow

[gray echo]

i’ll lyk if i get it!!

It’s been 1 language released every tuesday this year

at the same time

so we’re theorizing russian is this upcoming tuesday

it’s either russian or korean

[drowsy raft]

I've noticed that too haha

[slate steeple]

Well I was cooked from the beginning

[slow river]

Im ngl if I got into mit I would probably insta-commit but genuinely I think my odds are 0

[little glen]

Same

[stable kestrel]

everyone's odds are near zero

even the ones who are gonna get accepted

[summer thorn]

3-4

🤗

[slow river]

i know but I think my odds ARE 0. like harvard i might have a 0.1% but I think for MIT i think it hits that 0

[stable kestrel]

you never know till pi day :D

[halcyon scroll]

pls mit pls mit pls mit

i hope my makerspace is competent i lowk crashed out voer that

despite me lowk doing it in like 3-4 days

[stable kestrel]

maker portfolio is my only chance

[halcyon scroll]

that's tuff

u prob had a tuff portfolio

[stable kestrel]

I think it's tuff

I don't think it's tuff enough to cover for no olympiads and low SAT

[halcyon scroll]

my interviwer was rly nice idt it helps that much but pls anything anything

[halcyon scroll]

mit cares a lot about character

and fit

so u may not even need allat

[gray echo]

I paid for other apps so I might wait it out and tbh I’m REAALLY dependent on financial aid so I need to see but…i’d like 99% commit haha

[stable kestrel]

I didn't get an interview :(((((

[halcyon scroll]

plsplspls mit

[dry star]

They want really niche applicants

[gray echo]

no harvard I def have 0

[halcyon scroll]

ahhh no it's ok it's based on availability and whatnot

[halcyon scroll]

lowk like

idk

probably

[stable kestrel]

yeah but as I said in the caltech thread, I could've expressed myself so much better in person or over a zoom meeting

[halcyon scroll]

guys im so nervous

[stable kestrel]

rather than a buncha essays

[gray echo]

I don’t think I’m a very excellent fit there, at least since applying

I’ve grown into a different person

[halcyon scroll]

like idk why im so nervous for mit im a premed tryna go engineering undergrad too 💔 LMAO

[halcyon scroll]

true

[gray echo]

I LOVED my interviewer

[halcyon scroll]

bro

idk

[gray echo]

coolest guy ever

[halcyon scroll]

i dont want to get my hopes up

im nervous abotu a lot fo things

this month

even stupdi things so

😭

ur so sweet chisq omg 💔

im sure we'll be happy by the en of ts waiting period trust

im tryna have #positive vibes

[stable kestrel]

all of us are

dw

[gray echo]

you’ve got this

[halcyon scroll]

after this depressing ass day 💔 I HATE AP PISSICS

[gray echo]

it’s under 2 days now like think about where you were 2 days ago

that’s NO TIME AT ALL

[halcyon scroll]

no we will lowk the aos sometimes know more than we do and like idk i semi believe in fate but it'll work out

let's seeee brooooo

but yas!!! like prayign

bro my fair is so freakng

like

weird

wait like

lowk i should prob stop thinking about decisions

ike i csnt change anything

but i cant

idek

like late march

bruhhhh

ts fuckas fair

i actually dont care about the fair that much tho like

but id love to go to phoenix

but like im also ok ig if i dont idk idkkk

but also

phoenix 😍

and i liked my prokject

better than ohio

i LOVED LA

lmaooo

LOLLL i wa ssick the hwole time tho

soo 💔

semi nerfed that yr

[gray echo]

it’s fun to think that odds are the results will work out positively for someone here

and exciting!!

[cobalt galleon]

got rejected from cmu now i think thats gonna be an indicator for here 😭

[gray echo]

Noooooo

not the same school

not the same priorities

[cobalt galleon]

https://tenor.com/view/sobbing-sob-cry-tears-sad-gif-24749164

[gray echo]

It’s not over until it’s over

[urban oracle]

Did anyone else get the fake acceptance email from MIT a couple of weeks ago? I know it was a mistake can't stop stressing about it since then 😭

[summer thorn]

Did you apply EA

that was to all defer/accepted ea people on accident

[dry star]

I didnt get an email and I was deferred EA

[urban oracle]

yeah I was a deferred EA applicant

they said it was accidently sent to a small group of deferred EA applicants but no other clarification

[summer thorn]

It was to parents

Only if they opted in

[dry star]

I see

[stable kestrel]

my last hope now

[nimble grove]

Here after midtech rejected me

(I’m getting rejected from here too)

[stable kestrel]

+1

[stable kestrel]

+1 on that too

[covert ridge]

I wonder

If yall got into Harvard and mit

Would yall still pick mit?

[flat willow]

umm yea

[covert ridge]

Hmm

[dry star]

I mean i didnt even apply to harvard

So yeah

[grizzled plaza]

not a question for me

[covert ridge]

I was asking given the hypothetical

Interesting

Why not go to Harvard and just cross register MIT classes?

[covert ridge]

Wait

You know Evan?

Did you do Mites Saturdays?

[wet light]

There’s a reason I didn’t apply to Harvard but applied to MIT lol

[covert ridge]

What’s the reason

[wet light]

I’m assuming culture is pretty different, I liked MIT’s STEM environment and unique kind of nerdiness yk

[grizzled plaza]

oh wait no i dontknow him lol but i talked to him a few times cuz i had questions about applying to mites

[wet light]

And I heard it’s super collaborative because of its difficulty

Which I think I would fit more with, ngl Harvard seems kinda elitist to me

[covert ridge]

Hmm

Alr

[wet light]

Also I heard Harvard engineering is kinda mid and not that many great things about it

[covert ridge]

Yea

But u could
Still cross register mit classes

[wet light]

Every single engineering class?

Like even upper level

[old sierra]

good question

[slate steeple]

I’d take Harvard

[copper pulsar]

r we exited

[slate steeple]

We are indeed exited

We are gone bro. It’s over.

[copper pulsar]

yessirrr

we allll getting in

[slate steeple]

We are all chilling in banana lounge

[livid tiger]

1 billion percent

[dry star]

Yeah and Im saying I didnt even apply to harvard, meaning I'd definitely attend MIT over harvard. There is more to a university than just the classes. And why would I chose to go to a school just to cross register at another? Also the research opportunities at MIT are better in my domain than harvard and it would be easier if I was directly in the school than next door. MIT culture also is more my vibe than harvard's, alot of what ive seen from harvard is more "elitist" behavior.

[sleek jolt]

if elitism means taking showers /j

(i agree with you)

[livid tiger]

I think the only school that would be a difficult decision between mit for would be Stanford but even alas that ship sailed in December

[livid tiger]

Strong agree

[dry star]

For me the only one would be caltech but that ship sailed today

[livid tiger]

Hey me too dw place is almost impossible to get into. Sure you will end up somewhere fantastic. Hopefully mit!

[dry star]

I mean I got into uw madison!

[livid tiger]

Yes exactly!!!

[gray echo]

why not go to MIT and cross register harvard

[covert ridge]

already doing that

for philosophy

[gray echo]

see that’s the way to go

I don’t think I’d choose harvard if I didn’t get in to MIT just to cross register though

but maybe that’s the secret strategy

[covert ridge]

hmm

[frozen sonnet]

Are mit classes really hard?

[covert ridge]

no

[gray echo]

oh yeah how hard are they actually

[covert ridge]

managing your time is hard

[gray echo]

like compared to what you did in high school

[covert ridge]

the classes arent hard

[gray echo]

how so

[frozen sonnet]

So you’re not really feeling the grade deflation like most people say

[gray echo]

maybe you’re super super smart

[covert ridge]

mit isnt grade deflated

[covert ridge]

im not

they're very fair imo

[gray echo]

another thing to like about them

[covert ridge]

to some extent you have to accept the difficulty where "hard" becomes "normal" and you just learn to deal with it

[gray echo]

that’s true at a certain point school just gets hard

[frozen sonnet]

Did you take a lot of hard classes in hs like ochem or linalg

[covert ridge]

there's too much going on. deadlines pass easily without noticing. procrastination brews like coffee at starbucks

life moves very fast here

[gray echo]

oooh i see

[covert ridge]

so studying for an exam for example can get hectic

and stressful

[gray echo]

I like fast moving life but it is easy to like, perform 10% at 100% of things instead of really well at 1-2

[covert ridge]

because 9/10 times we feel like we dont have time

[gray echo]

when you have so many things

at the same time

[covert ridge]

i hate chem, saving that GIR for junior/senior

i took Lin Alg for ML tho

last sem

[frozen sonnet]

In high school or at mit?

[gray echo]

i think no chem yet

is what he said

wait would you say it’s typical for people to come in to MIT having already taken crazy math classes in high school

[covert ridge]

mit

lin alg

i did ap chem in hs

horrible

[gray echo]

fair

chem is hit or miss

[frozen sonnet]

@gray echo what math have you done up to

[gray echo]

it’s complicated bc my school stops at calc ab but i’ve done more on my own

That’s why I ask - I’ve taken the initiative I can but our stem resources are being cut haha

I don’t mind the challenge though

[covert ridge]

dual enrollment?

[gray echo]

yes

sort of

well

i’ll dm you lol

[frozen sonnet]

If I dm do you share essays?

[covert ridge]

idk

i guess

can i trust you?

plagarizers are everywhere

[gray echo]

do you know that one blog that went up on october where that guy in urban planning shared his essays

I know like 3 people personally who applied this year who copied his

i’d be really careful

[covert ridge]

no actually i didnt read that

[covert ridge]

yea that's what im worried bout lowk

i dont exactly know how "unique" my essays are either

saurrrrr

[gray echo]

fair

these were like

word for word though

crazy stuff

or like, structurally identical with a few words swapped

[gray echo]

Unique enough to work :)

[covert ridge]

oh then

if the guy posted it on mit's blog

then

they'd be in trouble

not OP 💀

[gray echo]

Yeah…

he posted it on the blog

and they copied…the blog…

crazy stuff

[frozen sonnet]

I wouldn’t even be able to copy your essays since my ECs are really niche, just wanted to see different writing styles. But ofc I understand the concern

[covert ridge]

whats considered niche

[frozen sonnet]

My main ECs are research in evolution and insects

And then I do student government for LA

[covert ridge]

ah

yea sure y not

[frozen sonnet]

Thx!!

[wet light]

Self selecting themselves out of MIT’s application process 💀 💀

[covert ridge]

bye bye college

hello harvard

https://tenor.com/view/satoru-gojo-gojo-jujutsu-kaisen-kit-kat-gif-6007995296688763105

[mental geyser]

you can become one of those pple who studied math and became a doctor later \hj

i think ive heard non eps stories of math -> doctor or math -> lawyer

[magic flame]

MIT comes soon

in less than 48 hrs !

[livid tiger]

Yup less than 38 hours now

[split compass]

Eep

[livid tiger]

(Not that I’m counting)

[livid tiger]

I’m working on a presentation on my research I have to give tmrw

[tame coral]

we are FRIED

[livid tiger]

Otherwise I would

See this is how tired I am

[split compass]

I am supposed to be working on an IA

[livid tiger]

I’m making stupid mistakes like that

[split compass]

Eep.

"Exclamation"

Not sleep

Never sleep

[livid tiger]

That’s the mit mentality!

[split compass]

We're half way there

[livid tiger]

Indeed

We hope we hope

[split compass]

"Where there's life, there's hope"

[livid tiger]

Mmmm

[slow river]

Only 1 singular day left!

[covert ridge]

ONE DAY

https://tenor.com/view/miffy-miffy-dance-cute-miffy-miffies-dancing-rabbits-gif-7591061585723573293

[worthy remnant]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/335588580275781632/1269774585948278824/convert.gif

[prisma tundra]

GOOD LUCK ALL OF YALL 🩷🩷🩷

[north mauve]

Party at the beach down in Copacabana
Sipping Killepitsch, got my black yoga pants on
Me and Brittany, we've been down in Atlanta
Sweating in the club, call me Dirty Diana

Mood before MIT decisions

Really really hope that I keep the same after

[slate steeple]

I just need to get in where I’ll grow the most

[stuck sail]

FAHHHHHHH

T^T

[covert ridge]

https://gif.fxtwitter.com/tweet_video/G_Efyg_W4AAFy9L.gif

[round trellis]

did mit send out grade confirms

[gray echo]

where do you get all of these?

i love them

[gentle comet]

3.96

[south hawk]

a little over 24 hours

[round trellis]

i think just waiting like that is useless

just open it when the time comes

anticipating like this will just make u stressed

if u get in u get in if u dont u dont

theres no point worrying

its not the end of the world if u dont get in

[south hawk]

i wish i could be as nonchalant as you guys damn

[round trellis]

theres no point

worrying tho

im confused why ur stressing

[south hawk]

it isnt but i suffer from anxiety so like even though i know i shouldnt let myself stress i kinda cant help myself

ahh what do you plan to pursue

ooo but i feel like mit is still pretty good for med

if you do your bacherlors in biomed eng

instead of just premed

true cause i guess you wont want to tank your gpa before med school

cause youll need a good gpa to get into a good med school

i dont think anyone expects they can tbh

[copper pulsar]

im sure schools know

[wet light]

Question, if I I initially got deferred early action instead of outright rejected, does that most likely mean my stats were good enough to pass the first review?

And that it wouldn’t matter at this point whether I’d gotten a 3.8 UW or something versus a 3.9 or a 4.0?

Wdym

They wouldn’t defer people who they deemed unqualified academically right..?

Which means my stats were probably good enough?

[copper pulsar]

m

[dry star]

Everyone who got deferred is competitive.

It just turns out MIT has a LOT of competitive applicants

[copper pulsar]

no

cuz look how many ppl mit defer vro

they def just filter by gpa icl

[stuck jolt]

mit's rejected pool is also hyper competitive 😭

just wait till tmrw

[dry star]

I wouldnt look into it too much either yeah

Expect the worst hope for the best

[copper pulsar]

?

[wet light]

Yeah so maybe that means my gpa was good enough I hope

[copper pulsar]

at least one of us will get in

so

gl

[wet light]

Nah it’s just that if I got rejected cause my ECs or essay weren’t good enough I can live with that. But if I get rejected cause my gpa too low cause of external circumstances then I’d be pretty upset

[quasi loom]

there's no way to know the difference so just assume the former

[south hawk]

Tbh people with insanely good ecs and insanely high grades/gpa get rejected from mit so I wouldn’t worry about it if you do

[dry star]

Ig you'll never know

[south hawk]

Just know that you gave it your best shot

[stuck jolt]

ayy lets hope my interviewer cooked for me

i think we had a bond

[south hawk]

I didn’t even get an interview

[quasi loom]

getting this letter tmr

[south hawk]

But I’m international student so I guess it was based on resources

[stuck jolt]

icic

im intl as well

but my interviewer same country

and idt its as subscribed

[copper pulsar]

interview international hard asf

xd

[quasi loom]

I got some zoom interview from across the country, had to do the interview at 6 am my time

[round trellis]

i think one thing is like

u can be perfect stats valedictorian top tier ecs awards and cracked essay and not get in

like it just comes down to luck atp

u def were more than qualified

[south hawk]

I’ve seen some guy w a 4.0 and 1600 sat get rejected

[round trellis]

yea but

they likley were just pure stats

id say like maybe 500 ppl a year get a 1600?

often ppl r just retaking until they get it

[stuck jolt]

ik a kid

who got in

[south hawk]

Sometimes it’s genuinely if they think you would fit in as a student

[round trellis]

if ur spending that much time

[south hawk]

If you fit into their culture

[stuck jolt]

1600 sat intl, he only got into mit (rejected from every ivy)

[round trellis]

theyre not accepting u cuz u got a 1600

1550+ theres nth diff

[south hawk]

Exactly

[stuck jolt]

agreed

i think its fit

and uniqueness and to a certain extent luck

[round trellis]

yea but i think

u can be rlly good

but like smth happens

whether ao doesnt like ur vibe

like it can just be anything

[stuck jolt]

esp if your intl

[round trellis]

or they liked sm1 else more

like think abt it

a lot of ppl pick sports teams for no reason

whether they liked a player or a color

[steep stone]

MIT is so

[round trellis]

like AO's r seeing all these cracked applicants

like if u dont get in it wwasnt cuz u werent good enough

just too many cracked ppl applying

in a differnet timeline maybe other ppl would have gotten in who knows

[quasi loom]

so much of it is class shaping

it really depends on the type of student they want and the amount of slots they have.

[stuck jolt]

guys my advice: think abt it if you stare constantly at a screen flashing white light, after a lot of time your eyes get a bit uncomfortable right (what if you see smt amazing then, youll still feel a bit worse than if you saw it fresh) same is an ao, overworked, looking for class shaping

OR YOURE GENUINLEY UNCOMPETETIVE... THEN YOURE COOKED ANYWAY

most cringe thing ive ever written in my life

[wet light]

You’re right bro

Whatever happens happens

[quasi loom]

"normal" people w/o crazy stats get in too, so believe in yourselves

[wet light]

I wonder how class shaping works though and how they know what type of people they want to admit based off the application

[south hawk]

your essays

[quasi loom]

true im talking about domestic